Goa-bean vs Japanese Squirrel

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus compared with Sciurus lis

Key Differences

Goa-bean is Data Deficient while Japanese Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Goa-bean	Japanese Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Psophocarpus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Sciurus lis

Conservation Status

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Japanese Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Goa-bean	Japanese Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.